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Vol. 5 Num 1094 Fri. June 29, 2007  
   
Sports


Mirza, Henman bow out


Sania Mirza of India crashed out of the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday in a straight sets defeat to Russian number 11 seed Nadia Petrova.

Mirza was outclassed by her opponent who wrapped up a 6-2, 6-2 victory in 64 minutes on Court 18.

Mirza had blasted her way past first round opponent Yaroslava Shvedova 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

In the men's outing, British hope Tim Henman's 14th and possibly last Wimbledon campaign ended in a bitter 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 2-6, 6-1 defeat against Spain's Feliciano Lopez on Thursday.

Henman broke to lead 2-1 in the fourth set and having been on the receiving end of Lopez's fist-clenching bravado in the first two sets, he repaid the favour with his own fighting gesture aimed directly at the Spaniard.

The Briton, four-times a semifinalist, will be 33 in September and with his world ranking already down at 74, it looks almost certain that Centre Court has seen the last of its favourite son.